Roch S. Jones

Robert and Kristin, life is made up of a series of commitments: work, friends, family, community, even to ourselves.

Making this marriage commitment to the one you love can be the most fulfilling of one’s entire life.

Yes, it is a commitment of time, resources and emotion to another, but marriage is the commitment you also make to yourself.

You commit to bettering yourself each and every day, working to be the best possible partner you can be for your beloved.

It’s not just a commitment to give love, but also to allow yourself to be open enough to receive it back.

Many of us have experienced the seemingly counterintuitive feeling that giving feels a lot more rewarding than receiving. Your whole body, your mind, your heart is filled with content and joy when you give and see how positively it affects those who are receiving. A healthy, happy marriage consists of two partners who are whole heartedly ready and willing to give and receive just as you two so obviously are. So now is the time for you two to officially make the marriage commitment.

Personal Vows:

Robert, you may say your vows first.

Kristin, it now your turn.

Declaration of Intent:

Please face each other and join hands.

Do you Robert, take Kristin to be your wife? To not only give love, support and understanding, but also to fully accept these things as well?

Robert: I do.

Do you Kristin, take Robert to be your husband? To not only give love, support and understanding, but also to fully accept these things as well?

Kristin: I do.

May I please have the rings.

Wedding rings are our emotions brought into the physical world. They are a symbol of everlasting love, as well as a symbol to show the world that you have been fortunate enough to enter into this marriage commitment.

Each time you slip your ring on or off remember this day and how you feel now and let each and every day of your marriage be full of the same love and adoration for each other you experience now.

Robert, repeat after me as you place this ring on Kristin’s finger.

Kristin, please accept this ring, as a symbol of my love for you, above all others, it is my promise, that wherever our journey takes us, I will be there for you whole heartedly. With this ring, I thee wed.

Kristin, repeat after me as you place this ring on Robert’s finger.

Robert, please accept this ring, as a symbol of my love for you, above all others, it is my promise that wherever our journey takes us, I will be there for you whole heartedly. With this ring, I thee wed.

Closing statement:

Marriage is that wonderful commitment that allows you to give of yourself fully and freely each and every day. For each new day is a new opportunity to make your partner feel loved and appreciated which in turn fills you with that special feeling of joy. When both partners commit to each other fully, marriage becomes a never-ending circle of love and support. So marriage is one of the most selfless and at the same time wonderfully selfish commitments one can make.

Pronouncement:

I am overjoyed to now officially pronounce you Husband and Wife.

Kiss:

You may now enjoy your first official married kiss.